Melo says to let the players play through talks

Posted on | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 | No Comments

By Matt Moore

Carmelo Anthony's a constructive guy. In-between appearing at Team Melo exhibitions against Kevin Durant (and his 59-point-dropping ways), Melo has been coming up with solutions for the lockout since he wants to play so badly. And by that, I mean, he already got his max extension so he pretty much just wants everything to stay the same as it is right now. But he says he really does want to play, and so he's got an overly simplified approach to how to end the lockout, even if it doesn't solve the CBA talks.

From ESPN: "Just let us play and continue to negotiate. That's what we say," Anthony said on Tuesday after playing an exhibition game in Baltimore.

"I want a deal done, we all want a deal done. We just want it to be fair for both parties," added Anthony, who shared the court with LeBron James, Chris Paul and Kevin Durant in the exhibition at Morgan State University. "We want to play basketball at the end of the day. We don't care about none of that other stuff. They could settle that; just let us play and continue to negotiate." via New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony offers up solution to settle NBA lockout - ESPN New York.

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